Transom-lifter



(NOMode1.)

F. A. CURTIS.

TRANSOM'LIPTER.

Patentd Jan. 8 .1884.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK AQCORTIS, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

TRANSOM-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,695, dated January8, 1884.

Application filed September 4, 1883. (No model.) i

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. CORTIS, of

Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Con necticu t, haveinvented certain new and; useful Improvements in Transom-Lifters; andl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,which will enable others skilled in theartto whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,andin which Figure 1 is aside view of my improvedtransom-lifter, showingthe transom closed. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the same, showing thetransom open; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the handle orcatch.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to transom-lifters; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of the same,ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a metallicrod,secured at its upper end in a socket-piece, B, fastened upon thedoor-frame or wall, and passing through another socket-piece, G,secureda distance below the upper socket-piece, while the lower portionof the rod, which is free, hasanumber of notches, D, upon the sidefacing inward. A block or casting, I, having a vertical perforation,slides upon the upper portion of the rod between the two socket-pieces,and the upper end of a rod, H, is secured to theblock, while aconnecting-rod, J, hinged at its upper end to an arm, K, projecting fromthe tran soni, is hinged at its lower end to the outer end of the saidblock. The rod H slides ina vertical perforation, G,in the outer end ofthe lower socket piece, and is provided at its lower end with a handle,F, having 1 a vertical perforation, E, oblong in cross-section, whichslides upon the lower free and notched end of nearest to the wall isprovided with a projection, L, of a shape corresponding to the shape ofthe notches in the guide-rod, and the tension of the lower end of thesliding rod H serves to keep the projection engaging one of the notches,while by pressing the handle in toward the wall the projection may bedisengaged from the notch and the sliding rod allowed to be slid up'ordown until the transom is adjusted in its desired position, when thespringiness of the sliding rod will force the handle outward, allowingthe projection to engage a notch which will hold the handle, and throughit the sliding rod'and transom in position. l

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The combination of a guide rodhaving its lower free end notched, an upper bracket or socket-piecesecuring the upper end of the guiderod, a bracket or socket-piece havingtwo vertical perforations securing the guiderod adistance from its upperend in the inner perforation, a sliding spring-rod having avertically-perforated.block at its upper end sliding upon the upper endof y. the guide-rod, a transom-operating rod hinged to the slidingblock, and a handle secured to the lower end of the sliding spring-rod,havingaperforation oblong in crosssection, and provided with aprojection upon its inner side, and sliding upon the lower end of theguide-rod, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. CORTIS. Witnesses: I

. A. L. Orrs,

J AMES P. RoYn N.

